Flow Metrics are pretty easy to understand and use, but getting started with a tool like Actionable Agile can be tricky.

Everyone knows that Story Points are just made up numbers that don't really mean a thing. But, why don't we use some some REAL data from a REAL TEAM to finally PROVE that Story Points don't really matter.

A video walkthrough of 4 key reports in Actionable Agile: Cycle Time Scatterplot, Aging Work In Progress, Cumulative Flow Diagram and Monte Carlo forecasting.

More and more Managers are taking on the Scrum Master accountability. Are they ready for this?

Some quick thoughts on Managers taking on the Scrum Master accountability.

Just because you are stuck using Jira doesn't mean you shouldn't take responsibility for using it in a professional manner. How you organize the swimlanes on your board can have a huge impact on how your team communicates and ultimately how they work together. This 1-minute YouTube short covers 3 ways to organize your Sprint Backlog swimlanes.

Just because you are stuck using Jira doesn't mean you shouldn't take responsibility for using it in a professional manner. One way to make Jira less transparent is not updating the resolution field when items are closed. This 1-minute Youtube Short will show you how to fix that.

The reality is that most developers and agile practitioners do not get much say in which tool they use to manage their Scrum artifacts. And yet, we still need them to enable our individuals to have positive interactions. I recommend taking RESPONSIBILITY for using your tools in a professional manner.

Resist the urge to mirror your clients’ organizational structures. Embrace a structure that encourages agility throughout your organization, and provide that value to your larger customers – because they can’t do it themselves.

Professional Scrum Trainer, Matt Dominici's "grumpiest take" on Scrum: focusing on the negative effects of clapping during Sprint Reviews.

Agile means something different for every organization. Start-up companies need to find the sweet spot between absolute chaos and overbearing process & control. Professional Scrum and Kanban can help teams and organizations do just that!

Improving Employee Engagement with Professional Scrum (Questions 7-9 of Gallup's Q12 Survey)

Improving Employee Engagement with Professional Scrum (Questions 4-6 of Gallup's Q12 Survey)

Improving Employee Engagement with Professional Scrum (Questions 1-3 of Gallup's Q12 Survey)

Between Agility and Better Business Outcomes is Employee Engagement

I’m lucky enough to work with different teams on a regular basis. In some cases, these teams have been doing scrum for years. These teams have become highly proficient when it comes to the events in Scrum.